diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.ts b/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.ts
index 14783a817..5f575d942 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.ts
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = async (hookName: string, args: any, cb: Function)
 
 
   const outdir = path.join(settings.root, 'var','js')
+  // Create the outdir if it doesn't exist
+  if (!fs.existsSync(outdir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(outdir);
+  }
 
   let fileNamePad: string
   let fileNameTimeSlider: string